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S00749 Summary:
BILL NO | S00749 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A01899 |
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SPONSOR | BIAGGI |
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COSPNSR | HOYLMAN, SALAZAR |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §297, Exec L | |
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Awards attorney's fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases. |
S00749 Actions:
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01/06/2021 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/01/2021 | 1ST REPORT CAL.209 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/02/2021 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/03/2021 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | substituted for a1899 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | ordered to third reading cal.72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/22/2021 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/03/2021 | SIGNED CHAP.566 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/03/2021 | APPROVAL MEMO.30 |
S00749 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
No
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
No
Lawler
Yes
Perry
No
Simpson
No
Angelino
Yes
Cook
No
Gallahan
No
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
No
Smith
No
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
No
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
No
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
No
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
No
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
No
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
No
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
No
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
No
McDonough
No
Reilly
No
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
ER
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
No
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
No
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
No
Durso
Yes
Hunter
No
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
No
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
No
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
No
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
No
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Jensen
ER
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
No
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
No
Woerner
No
Byrnes
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
Yes
Kim
No
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S00749 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 749 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, HOYLMAN, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for the award of attorney's fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 297 of the executive law, as 2 amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 10. [With respect to all cases of housing discrimination and housing5related credit discrimination in] In an action or proceeding at law 6 under this section or section two hundred ninety-eight of this article, 7 the commissioner or the court may in its discretion award reasonable 8 attorney's fees to any prevailing or substantially prevailing party; and 9 with respect to a claim of credit discrimination where sex is a basis of 10 such discrimination, and with respect to all claims of employment 11 discrimination in an action or proceeding at law under this section or 12 section two hundred ninety-eight of this article, the commissioner or 13 the court may in its discretion award reasonable attorney's fees attrib- 14 utable to such claim to any prevailing party; provided, however, that a 15 prevailing respondent or defendant in order to recover such reasonable 16 attorney's fees must make a motion requesting such fees and show that 17 the action or proceeding brought was frivolous; and further provided 18 that in a proceeding brought in the division of human rights, the 19 commissioner may only award attorney's fees as part of a final order 20 after a public hearing held pursuant to subdivision four of this 21 section. In no case shall attorney's fees be awarded to the division, 22 nor shall the division be liable to a prevailing or substantially 23 prevailing party for attorney's fees, except in a case in which the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02894-01-1S. 749 2 1 division is a party to the action or the proceeding in the division's 2 capacity as an employer. Expert witness fees may be awarded in the same 3 manner as attorney's fees. In cases of employment discrimination, a 4 respondent shall only be liable for attorney's fees under this subdivi- 5 sion if the respondent has been found liable for having committed an 6 unlawful discriminatory practice. In order to find the action or 7 proceeding to be frivolous, the court or the commissioner must find in 8 writing one or more of the following: 9 (a) the action or proceeding was commenced, used or continued in bad 10 faith, solely to delay or prolong the resolution of the litigation or to 11 harass or maliciously injure another; or 12 (b) the action or proceeding was commenced or continued in bad faith 13 without any reasonable basis and could not be supported by a good faith 14 argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law. If 15 the action or proceeding was promptly discontinued when the party or 16 attorney learned or should have learned that the action or proceeding 17 lacked such a reasonable basis, the court may find that the party or the 18 attorney did not act in bad faith. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law.